NATN p. 54 catalogue (P275856)

Administrative envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 0696

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Administrative; seals; 4 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

envelope
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. 2(disz) x [...]
3'. ki da#?-[...]
4'. x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken
seal 1
column 1
1. [...]
2. ensi2#
3. nibru#{ki#}
column 2
1. x [...]
2. x [...]
3. x [...]
4. x [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Administrative; seals; 4 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

Hattori: two column seal naming ensi2 of Nippur

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P275856

Physical information

envelope

Artifact type Envelope
envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
upper left corner

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 0696
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 166779
Penn Museum (Penn) 569455
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.696

References

  • primary: NATN, p. 54

    [Owen1982NATN] Owen, David I. 1982. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts Primarily from Nippur in the University Museum, the Oriental Institute and the Iraq Museum (NATN). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

    catalogue

  • history: Hattori diss., p. 365 (seal)

    [Hattori2002diss] Hattori, Atsuko. 2002. “Texts and Impressions: A Holistic Approach to Ur III Cuneiform Tablets from the University of Pennsylvania Expeditions to Nippur.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-12 at 09:25:16 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-07-31 at 12:36:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2020-09-21 at 00:50:58 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“NATN p. 54 Catalogue Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P275856.
NATN p. 54 catalogue artifact entry (No. P275856). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P275856 (Original work published 2005)
NATN p. 54 catalogue artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P275856 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P275856},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“NATN p. 54 Catalogue Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P275856.
NATN p. 54 catalogue artifact entry (No. P275856). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P275856 (Original work published 2005)
NATN p. 54 catalogue artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P275856 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P275856},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P275856},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P275856
LB  - CDLI:P275856
M1  - 2026/10/18/
TI  - NATN p. 54 catalogue artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P275856
ER  -
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